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It is very seldom that mere ordinary people like John and myself secure ancestral halls for the summer. A colonial mansion, a hereditary estate, I wou …

Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the b …

Who that cares much to know the history of man, and how the mysterious mixture behaves under the varying experiments of Time, has not dwelt, at least …

It is with no small amount of trepidation that I take my place behind this desk, and face this learned audience. To us Americans, the experience of re …

The little book by Epictetus called Enchiridion or “manual” has played a disproportionately large role in the rise of modern attitudes and modern phil …

"There must be something wrong, Lavinia, with our way of managing," said Auntie."If you think you can do it better than I, Ann Eliza—" came from Mamma …

Though all the light were lifted from the land,And a great darkness lay upon the sea;Though, groping each for some not-careless hand,I felt sad men pa …

Jean Baptiste Poquelin, better known by his stage name of Moliere, stands without a rival at the head of French comedy. Born at Paris in January, 1622 …

After an interval of some months or years, and at Phlius, a town of Peloponnesus, the tale of the last hours of Socrates is narrated to Echecrates and …

"I can assure you," said I, "that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me." And I stood up before the fire with my glass in my hand. "It is …